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AutoMapping Shared Mailbox based on security group
Hi,
We were under the impression that once on exch 2016 we would be able to use mail enabled security groups for shared mailboxes -- and (this is the important part) still be able to have the automapping feature work (ie. all members of the security group would see the share mailbox in their outlook profile)
Testing has shown this not to be the case, and now I am seeing this: https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj919240(v=exchg.160).aspx which is also suggesting that shared mailboxes cannot automap on a security group.
Can anyone say for sure one way or the other - is this on the radar to start working eventually? I know people have been talking about this since exch 2010.
- Automapping works via the user who is granted permissions being stamped on the msExchDelegateLinkList attribute of the target object. This attribute only lists mail objects and not groups. No change with 2016 (or O365, which runs a version of 2016 at the moment)
- Automapping works via the user who is granted permissions being stamped on the msExchDelegateLinkList attribute of the target object. This attribute only lists mail objects and not groups. No change with 2016 (or O365, which runs a version of 2016 at the moment)
Quite possibly the biggest problem an IT team that deals with Exchange has to contend with in a very large organisation. Assigning individual users to shared mailboxes is a bit of nightmare for tracking who has access to what, its odd that Microsoft would create a feature designed to streamline but then chose to neuter it by tying it to a highly work intensive task.
Imagine an Exchange system with 8,000 users and a couple of hundred shared mailboxes. If enough people asked nicely they may finally make Automapping work with Security Groups, that would be a dream come true.
Hi to all,
I have done this in past week in a customer and have worked:
- Create a Security (Mail Enabled) Group
- Add Members to that group
- Create a Mailbox and gave full access to the Security Group
Auto mapping have worked without any problems and you have a group based permissions that is used to distribute email and have access to a shared mailbox and the same security group have access to a SharePoint site.
